The Current Iraqi Endgame and Some of the Earlier Ones
Micheal Kirk, producer for PBS Frontline, discusses his new documentary, Endgame, explains that Rumsfeld wanted for the U.S. to leave Iraq almost immediately after the invasion, and some of the various ad hoc “endgames” to get our troops out since 2003.
MP3 here. (8:39)
Kirk, a former Nieman Fellow in Journalism at Harvard, was Frontline’s senior producer from 1983 to 1987, and has produced more than 100 national television programs.
Nuclear Power, Weapons and the Future of the Middle East
Journalist and author Dilip Hiro, discusses Iran’s nuclear program, Israel’s nuclear weapons, North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, the logic of nuclear deterrence.
MP3 here. (34:08)
Born in the Indian sub-continent, Dilip Hiro was educated in India, Britain and America, where he received a master’s degree at Virginia Polytechnic & State University. He then settled in London in the mid-1960s, and became a full-time writer, journalist and commentator. He has published 28 books.
Sink the Liberty!
Former ambassador Edward Peck discusses the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty in 1967 and the cover-up.
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Peck, a former U.S. chief of mission in Iraq and former ambassador to Mauritania, was deputy director of the White House Task Force on Terrorism in the Reagan administration.
Scooter Libby’s Situation
Investigative reporter Robert Parry of ConsortiumNews discusses Robert Gates’ decision to replace Peter Pace as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Scooter Libby situation.
MP3 here. (18:16)
Robert Parry, who broke many of the Iran-Contra stories in the 1980s for the Associated Press and Newsweek, has written a new book, Secrecy & Privilege: Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq.
Iraq Disaster and Selection ’08
Antiwar.com assistant editor Scott Horton discusses the madness of the Iraq occupation and the farcical nature of the competition for next emperor.
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Scott Horton is the director of Antiwar Radio for Antiwar.com.
Joe Wilson Celebrates Scooter’s Sentencing
Former ambassador Joe Wilson discusses the sentencing of “Scooter” Libby to 30 months in prison for committing perjury in the investigation into the War Party’s leaking of the identity of Wilson’s wife, former covert CIA operative Valerie Plame and the CIA’s suppression of her book.
MP3 here. (10:53)
Joseph C. Wilson 4th, former United States ambassador to Iraq and Gabon, and husband of outed CIA agent Valerie Plame, is an international business consultant.
